Russia’s Investigative Committee has sent United States law enforcement authorities a request to interrogate Gregory Rodchenkov, the former head of Moscow’s anti-doping laboratory and World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) informant, said the investigator overseeing the criminal case against Rodchenkov.
The investigator has yet to receive a response from the American side, he said.
On June 18, Russian investigators filed a lawsuit against Rodchenkov for “abuse of power.” According to officials, Rodchenkov informed WADA in December 2014 that all samples related to the doping tests of Russian athletes were securely stored in Moscow. Two days later, however, he demanded that the employees of the Moscow lab dispose of 1,437 samples. It was this decision, according to investigators, that led to Russia losing its WADA accreditation.
WADA started investigating Russian athletes after Rodchenkov told reporters about violations in Russia’s anti-doping monitoring procedures.